punk: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with K
Meaning of punk
noun
- US, countable, uncountable
One who engages in sexual intercourse A passive or effeminate homosexual man.
- US, countable, slang, uncountable
One who engages in sexual intercourse A boy who accompanies a hobo, especially as used for sex.
- US, countable, derogatory, uncountable
One who engages in sexual intercourse A male homosexual.
- US, countable, slang, uncountable
One who engages in sexual intercourse A man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison.
Example: Because he was so weak, Vinny soon became Tony's punk.
Listed forms: punks, punx.
Source: Wiktionary — punk.
adj
- US, colloquial
Worthless, contemptible, particularly Bad, substandard.
- US, colloquial
Worthless, contemptible, particularly Thuggish, criminal.
- US, colloquial
Worthless, contemptible, particularly Cowardly.
- US, colloquial
Worthless, contemptible, particularly Poorly, sickly.
Listed forms: punker, punkest.
Source: Wiktionary — punk.
verb
- slang
To pimp.
- slang, transitive
To forcibly perform anal sex upon (an unwilling partner).
Example: Ricky punked his new cell-mates.
- slang, transitive
To prank.
Example: I got expelled when I punked the principal.
- especially
To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
Example: Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.
Listed forms: punks, punking, punked.
Source: Wiktionary — punk.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for punk.
adjective
of very poor quality; flimsy
noun
an aggressive and violent young criminal
noun
material for starting a fire
noun
a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
- punk rocker
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is punk in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of punk
P(3) + U(1) + N(1) + K(5) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of punk
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Shorter words from punk
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